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Serial BERTs

Agilent offers the widest choice of serial BERT products for accurate and efficient characterization, compliance and manufacturing test for digital interfaces in computer, video, datacom and telecom applications operating up to 40 Gb/s.

The instruments of the N4900 Serial BERT Series offer excellent signal integrity and analysis capabilities addressing a wide range of applications and technologies up to 44 Gb/s such as PCI Express®, QPI, Hypertransport, USB3, SATA, FB-DIMM, MIPI M-PHY, UHS-II, Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, Fibre Channel, XFP/SFP, XFI/SFI, CFP/CAUI, CEI, Infiniband-FDR/EDR, OTN, 10GbE, 100GbE

Serial BERTs

J-BERT N4903B High-performance Serial BERT - now for next generation of forwarded and embedded clock designs such as QPI, Hypertransport, PCIeTM, DisplayPort, SATA, USB, TBS, UHS-II, FB-DIMM, Fibre Channel, 10GbE. See more: N4903B

The N4906B Serial BERT addresses the need for budget-sensitive telecom device testing. The N4906B Serial BERT is offered in a 3.6 Gb/s and a 12.5 Gb/s version. See more: N4906B

The N4960A Serial BERT 32 and 17 Gb/s, for testing transceivers in manufacturing and R&D. See more: N4960A

The N4967A Serial BERT System 40 Gb/s, for characterizing optical transceiver devices in R&D. See more : N4967A

The N4965A Multi-Channel BERT 12.5 Gb/s, for characterizing multiple lanes. See more: N4965A

Manufacturing Serial BERTs for minimizing test cost for optical transceivers up to 12.5 Gb/s

The N5980A Manufacturing Serial BERT up to 3.125 Gb/s enables transceiver test at up to one-sixth of the test cost and the front panel size of comparable BERT solutions. See more: N5980A

The N2101B PXIT Manufacturing BERT is a PXI module that has been designed for testing optical transceivers up to 10.3125 Gb/s. PXIT Family of Products

The N4962A Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s, an economic BERT for transceiver manufacturing test. See more N4962A

In combination with 86100D Infiniium DCA-X and Infiniium 90000-X Series Oscilloscopes these BERTs are the most comprehensive and accurate jitter tolerance and analysis solution available.

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View All Serial BERTs (16)

  • N4903B J-BERT high-performance serial BERT up to 7 Gb/s and 12.5 Gb/s with complete jitter tolerance N4903B J-BERT high-performance serial BERT up to 7 Gb/s and 12.5 Gb/s with complete jitter tolerance (1) 

    N4903B J-BERT high-performance serial BERT up to 7 Gb/s and 12.5 Gb/s with complete jitter tolerance

    J-BERT N4903B High-performance Serial BERT. The only complete jitter tolerance test – now for next generation of forwarded and embedded clock designs such as QPI, HyperTransport, PCIe(TM), DisplayPort, SATA, USB, FB-DIMM, Fibre Channel, 10GbE

  • N4906B Serial BERT N4906B Serial BERT (1) 

    N4906B Serial BERT

    The N4906B Serial BERT is a general-purpose bit error ratio tester designed for high-speed digital communication components and systems.

  • N5980A Manufacturing Serial BERT N5980A Manufacturing Serial BERT (1) 

    N5980A Manufacturing Serial BERT

    The Agilent N5980A 3.125 Gb/s Manufacturing Serial BERT (Bit Error Ratio Tester) enables transceiver manufacturing test at one-third the price of the existing N4906B BERT.

  • N2101B PXIT Bit Error Ratio Tester N2101B PXIT Bit Error Ratio Tester (1) 

    N2101B PXIT Bit Error Ratio Tester

    The N2101B PXIT Manufacturing BERT is a PXI module that has been designed for testing optical transceivers up to 10.3125 Gb/s

  • N4960A Serial BERT 32 and 17 Gb/s N4960A Serial BERT 32 and 17 Gb/s (1) 

    N4960A Serial BERT 32 and 17 Gb/s

    • Complete, affordable, compact 32 Gb/s serial BERT
    • Integrated analysis software
    • Programmable patterns, large library of common stress patterns

  • N4962A Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s N4962A Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s (1) 

    N4962A Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s

    • Compact 0.5 to 12.5 Gb/s serial BERT
    • Easy setup using the N4980A multi-instrument BERT software
    • Selectable pattern length, mark space density ratio, and digital error injection

  • N4955A 12.5 Gb/s Pattern Generator Remote Head N4955A 12.5 Gb/s Pattern Generator Remote Head (1) 

    N4955A 12.5 Gb/s Pattern Generator Remote Head

    • 1 to 12.5 Gb/s Pattern Generator remote head
    • Integrated two-tap or four-tap de-emphasis signal conditioning
    • Remote head allows placement of signal very close to DUT

  • N4956A 12.5 Gb/s Error Detector Remote Head N4956A 12.5 Gb/s Error Detector Remote Head (1) 

    N4956A 12.5 Gb/s Error Detector Remote Head

    • 1 to 12.5 Gb/s Error Detector remote head
    • Programmable detector input parameters
    • BER bathtub and jitter tolerance testing with N4980A
    • Remote head allows placement of signal very close to DUT

  • N4965A Multi-Channel BERT 12.5 Gb/s N4965A Multi-Channel BERT 12.5 Gb/s (1) 

    N4965A Multi-Channel BERT 12.5 Gb/s

    • Multiple channels of pattern generation and error detection
    • Swept aggressor channel delay for crosstalk characterization
    • BER bathtub and jitter tolerance testing

  • N4967A Serial BERT System 40 Gb/s N4967A Serial BERT System 40 Gb/s (1) 

    N4967A Serial BERT System 40 Gb/s

    • Operation from 22 to 44 Gb/s with high speed clock option
    • Integrated analysis software
    • True PRBS pattern generation at full data rate

Bit Error Ratio Test (BERT) Solutions [Discontinued]
Product information and resources for discontinued bit error ratio testers and accessories.